This is the third book about Ayla. How to say this in so few words! I first found out about Ayla in High School. Her determination to survive, no matter what the odds, hit home with me. She became a role model for me with her ability to take what was given to her, her ambition to learn what was forbidden to her, but she wanted to know, and the person it eventually created. Against extreme hatred, and with unconditional love, she survived in a world that today would have us helpless!